Air Canada suspends profit forecast as striking union defies back-to-work order

FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators display placards while riding an escalator as Air Canada flight attendants said they will remain on strike and challenge a return-to-work order they called unconstitutional, defying a government decision to force them back to their duties, at Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, August 17, 2025. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File Photo

MONTREAL (Reuters) -Air Canada suspended its third-quarter and annual profit forecasts on Monday as its planes remained grounded after striking flight attendants refused a government-backed order to return to work and called on the airline to get back to the bargaining table.

The carrier, which normally carries 130,000 people daily and is part of the global Star Alliance of airlines, had planned to start ramping up operations on Sunday evening, after a labor relations board ordered the union to return to work and start binding arbitration.